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Lexicon :: Strong's H2001 - hāmān

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הָמָן
Transliteration
hāmān
Pronunciation
haw-mawn'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign derivation
Strong’s Definitions

הָמָן Hâmân, haw-mawn'; of foreign derivation; Haman, a Persian vizier:—Haman.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x

The KJV translates Strong's H2001 in the following manner: Haman (53x), he (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x
The KJV translates Strong's H2001 in the following manner: Haman (53x), he (1x).

  1. Haman = "magnificent"

    1. chief minister of Ahasuerus, enemy of Mordecai and the Jews, who plotted to kill the Jews but, being foiled by Esther, was hanged, with his family, on the gallows he had made for Mordecai

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
הָמָן Hâmân, haw-mawn'; of foreign derivation; Haman, a Persian vizier:—Haman.
STRONGS H2001: Abbreviations
† הָמָן proper name, masculine Haman, favourite of Ahasuerus (etymology dubious; according to JenVOJ 1892, 58 ff. = Elamite proper name, of divinity Humban, or Humman) — Esther 3:1 + 53 times in Esther.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Esther

3:1

H2001

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2001 matches the Hebrew הָמָן (hāmān),
which occurs 54 times in 45 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:1 - And after this king Artaxerxes highly honoured Aman son of Amadathes, the Bugæan, and exalted him, and set his seat above all his friends.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:2 - And all in the palace did him obeisance, for so the king had given orders to do: but Mardochæus did not do him obeisance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:4 - Thus they spoke daily to him, but he hearkened not unto them; so they represented to Aman that Mardochæus resisted the commands of the king: and Mardochæus had shewn to them that he was a Jew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:5 - And when Aman understood that Mardochæus did not obeisance to him, he was greatly enraged,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6 - and took counsel to destroy utterly all the Jews who were under the rule of Artaxerxes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:7 - And he made a decree in the twelfth year of the reign of Artaxerxes, and cast lots daily and monthly, to slay in one day the race of Mardochæus: and the lot fell on the fourteenth day of the month which is Adar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8 - And he spoke to king Artaxerxes, saying, There is a nation scattered among the nations in all thy kingdom, and their laws differ from those of all the other nations; and they disobey the laws of the king; and it is not expedient for the king to let them alone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:10 - And the king took off his ring, and gave it into the hands of Aman, to seal the decrees against the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:11 - And the king said to Aman, Keep the silver, and treat the nation as thou wilt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:12 - So the king's recorders were called in the first month, on the thirteenth day, and they wrote as Aman commanded to the captains and governors in every province, from India even to Ethiopia, to a hundred and twenty-seven provinces; and to the rulers of the nations according to their several languages, in the name of king Artaxerxes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:15 - And the business was hastened, and that at Susa: and the king and Aman began to drink; but the city was troubled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:7 - And Mardochæus shewed him what was done, and the promise which Aman had made the king of ten thousand talents to be paid into the treasury, that he might destroy the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:4 - And Esther said, To-day is my great day: if then it seem good to the king, let both him and Aman come to the feast which I will prepare this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:5 - And the king said, Hasten Aman hither, that we may perform the word of Esther. So they both come to the feast of which Esther had spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:8 - if I have found favour in the sight of the king, let the king and Aman come again to-morrow to the feast which I shall prepare for them, and to-morrow I will do the same.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:9 - So Aman went out from the king very glad and merry: but when Aman saw Mardochæus the Jew in the court, he was greatly enraged.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:10 - And having gone into his own house, he called his friends, and his wife Zosara.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:11 - And he shewed them his wealth, and the glory with which the king had invested him, and how he had caused him to take precedence and bear chief rule in the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:12 - And Aman said, The queen has called no one to the feast with the king but me, and I am invited to-morrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - And Zosara his wife and his friends said to him, Let there be a gallows made for thee of fifty cubits, and in the morning do thou speak to the king, and let Mardochæus be hanged on the gallows: but do thou go in to the feast with the king, and be merry. And the saying pleased Aman, and the gallows was prepared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:4 - And while the king was enquiring about the kindness of Mardochæus, behold, Aman was in the court. And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Aman was come in to speak to the king, that he should hang Mardochæus on the gallows, which he had prepared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:5 - And the king's servants said, Behold, Aman stands in the court. And the king said, Call him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:6 - And the king said to Aman, What shall I do to the man whom I wish to honour? And Aman said within himself, Whom would the king honour but myself?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:7 - and he said to the king, As for the man whom the king wishes to honour,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:10 - Then the king said to Aman, Thou hast well said: so do to Mardochæus the Jew, who waits in the palace, and let not a word of what thou hast spoken be neglected.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:11 - So Aman took the robe and the horse, and arrayed Mardochæus, and mounted him on the horse, and went through the street of the city, and proclaimed, saying, Thus shall it be to every man whom the king wishes to honour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:12 - And Mardochæus returned to the palace: but Aman went home mourning, and having his head covered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:13 - And Aman related the events that had befallen him to Zosara his wife, and to his friends: and his friends and his wife said to him, If Mardochæus be of the race of the Jews, and thou hast begun to be humbled before him, thou wilt assuredly fall, and thou wilt not be able to withstand him, for the living God is with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:14 - While they were yet speaking, the chamberlains arrived, to hasten Aman to the banquet which Esther had prepared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:1 - So the king and Aman went in to drink with the queen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:6 - And Esther said, The adversary is Aman, this wicked man. Then Aman was troubled before the king and the queen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:7 - And the king rose up from the banquet to go into the garden: and Aman began to intreat the queen; for he saw that he was in an evil case.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:8 - And the king returned from the garden; and Aman had fallen upon the bed, intreating the queen. And the king said, Wilt thou even force my wife in my house? And when Aman heard it, he changed countenance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:9 - And Bugathan, one of the chamberlains, said to the king, Behold, Aman has also prepared a gallows for Mardochæus, who spoke concerning the king, and a gallows of fifty cubits high has been set up in the premises of Aman. And the king said, Let him be hanged thereon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:10 - So Aman was hanged on the gallows that had been prepared for Mardochæus: and then the king's wrath was appeased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:1 - And in that day king Artaxerxes gave to Esther all that belonged to Aman the slanderer: and Mardochæus was called by the king; for Esther had shewn that he was related to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:2 - And the king took the ring which he had taken away from Aman, and gave it to Mardochæus: and Esther appointed Mardochæus over all that had been Aman's.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:3 - And she spoke yet again to the king, and fell at his feet, and besought him to do away the mischief of Aman, and all that he had done against the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:5 - And Esther said, If it seem good to thee, and I have found favour in thy sight, let an order be sent that the letters sent by Aman may be reversed, that were written for the destruction of the Jews, who are in thy kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:7 - And the king said to Esther, If I have given and freely granted thee all that was Aman's, and hanged him on a gallows, because he laid his hands upon the Jews, what dost thou yet further seek?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:10 - the ten sons of Aman the son of Amadathes the Bugæan, the enemy of the Jews, and they plundered their property on the same day:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:12 - And the king said to Esther, The Jews have slain five hundred men in the city Susa; and how, thinkest thou, have they used them in the rest of the country? What then dost thou yet ask, that it may be done for thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:13 - And Esther said to the king, Let it be granted to the Jews so to treat them to-morrow as to hang the ten sons of Aman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:14 - And he permitted it to be so done; and he gave up to the Jews of the city the bodies of the sons of Aman to hang.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:24 - shewing how Aman the son of Amadathes the Macedonian fought against them, how he made a decree and cast lots to destroy them utterly;
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